CHAPTER 2

Comparative Examination of the Figure of the Football Agent in the European “Big Five Sisters” and Its Historical Excursus

From the dawn of the profession to today, the football agent has seen a radical evolution of this professional figure, passing from working alone to an increasingly frequent associative form. Increasingly, agents have been associated under one big shield, one multinational company capable of including various customers for their most various needs.

The excellent study carried out by Raffaele Poli, professor and researcher of the CIES Football Observatory, of the University of Neuchâtel, Professor Giambattista Rossi, of Birkbec University of London, and Dr. Roger Besson, also from CIES Football Observatory, published ...

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